linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] tracing/events: Add bounce tracing to swiotbl

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Date:	Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:03:25 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@...rix.com>
CC:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] tracing/events: Add bounce tracing to swiotbl

Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@...rix.com> wrote:
>On 25/09/13 18:56, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 05:04:17PM +0100, Zoltan Kiss wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I haven't got a reply in the past 2 weeks, so I would like to bump
>>> the patch, just to make sure it haven't fell off the radar.
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I have this in my queue to put on 3.13 as it is past the merge
>window.
>> .. with that in mind:
>>
>>
>> .. snip..
>>>> +	TP_printk("dev_name: %s dma_mask=%llx dev_addr=%llx "
>>>> +		"size=%zu swiotlb_force=%x",
>>>> +		__get_str(dev_name),
>>>> +		__entry->dma_mask,
>>>> +		(unsigned long long)__entry->dev_addr,
>>>> +		__entry->size,
>>>> +		__entry->swiotlb_force)
>>
>> Would it make sense to do something like this:
>>
>> 		__entry->swiotlb_force ? "swiotlb_force" : "")
>>
>
>I would then rather do:
>
>+	TP_printk("dev_name: %s dma_mask=%llx dev_addr=%llx "
>+		"size=%zu swiotlb_force=",
>+               __entry->swiotlb_force ? " yes" : "no",
>+		__get_str(dev_name),
>
>Or do you mean?:
>
>+	TP_printk("dev_name: %s dma_mask=%llx dev_addr=%llx "
>+		"size=%zu",
>+               __entry->swiotlb_force ? " swiotlb_force" : "",
>+		__get_str(dev_name),
>
>This one doesn't tell you explicitly if swiotlb_force is NOT set, maybe
>
>that's not so good? And adds a bit of complexity to your grep regexp?
>Either way is fine with me, but I think "swiotlb_force=0|1" is also 
>pretty straightforward to understand, and I guess it makes printk 
>slightly faster (I assume the conditional operator gives a little bit
>of 
>overhead)
>
>Regards,
>
>Zoli

I was thinking it would be good to print the swiotlb-force only when it is enabled. So your second one would be it. 
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